ActionHeat Heated Clothing Gear Review (2023 Review)

Have you ever seen a product and thought where have you been all my life?

I have.

I have this habit of visiting polar or sub-polar locations in winter. I’ve done Iceland in winter, Sweden in winter, Alaska in winter, and several trips to Canada in winter, including one rather interesting New Years where I developed icicles on my eyelashes.

When ActionHeat Battery Headed Apparel reached out to me to check out their product, my first thought is, why is this the first time I’m seeing this product? I HAVE to have it.

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Disclosure: ActionHeat provided me with a pair of gloves and socks for the purpose of this review. All opinions are 100% my own.

What are ActionHeat Heated Clothing?

ActionHeat Heated Clothing is just what the name says. It is cold-weather gear with built-in heating elements within the product that heat up to keep you warm. The elements are lightweight and battery-powered. There are three different heating settings so you can help manage your comfort level. Most of their garments use small rechargeable lithium batteries.

ActionHeat offers a range of products, including

• Heated Socks and Footwear
• Heated Gloves
• Heated Vests
• Heated Jackets
• Heated Base Layers & Shirts
• Heated Headwear
• and a few other heated options.

ActionHeat Heated Clothing Review

Disclosure: ActionHeat provided me with a pair of gloves and socks for the purpose of this review. All opinions are 100% my own.

When I first found out about ActionHeat, I was mostly interested in their gloves and socks. I have never had issues keeping my upper body and legs warm, so I thought the pants and jackets were likely overkill for me. So, I really wanted to try out the ActionHeat gloves and socks.

ActionHeat 5V Featherweight Heated Gloves

I’m a huge photographer, and one of the most annoying things when taking photos in the cold is keeping your hands warm while being able to adjust your camera settings. Particularly when shooting the Northern Lights, you are always taking your thick warm gloves off so you can adjust the camera setting. Then your hand gets cold. The only solution is to get a lightweight thermal glove to go inside your thicker glow. But that setup is annoying, and you still lose a lot of heat out of your hands.

With the ActionHeat 5V Women’s Featherweight Heated Gloves that isn’t going to be a problem. The Featherweight gloves are thick enough that I can use them in cooler moments without the heating elements, but when it’s 2 am, and the below-0 Icelandic wind is whipping past me, all I have to do is hit a button, and my gloves will warm right up. Best of all, I can adjust my camera without taking my hand out of my toasty warm gloves.

For the gloves, the battery compartment is located on the top of the wrist, and it’s a little bulky when the battery is in the compartment. Personally, I’ll take a little bit of bulky is worth the annoyance for being able to keep my hands toasty and warm.

The control button is also located on the top of the wrist and is easy to use while wearing the gloves.

Check out ActionHeat’s full range of heated gloves here.

Key Features

• Touch-button thumb and index finger
• Heating elements along the fingers and thumb
• Touch button temperature control with the option to turn off the light.
• Small battery that is easy to remove and install.
• Easy to see the temperature setting.
  • Red – High
  • White – Medium
  • Blue – Low
• Battery lasts 5+ hours depending on heat setting and power bank use
  • High heat, 140°F: 2+ hours
  • Medium heat, 120°F: 3+ hours
  • Low heat, 100°F: 5+ hours

Technical Specs

• Material: Fantex waterproof membrane with Thinsulate 
• Heat Panels: Built-in, ultra-fine carbon fiber heating panels
• Battery: 5V Volt Lithium-Polymer Rechargeable Batteries
• Charger: Dual battery charger for charging both gloved at one time
• Sizing
  • S (Men’s 5-6.5 / Women’s 6-7.5)
  • M (Men’s 7-7.5 / Women’s 8-8.5)
  • L (Men’s 8-8.5 / Women’s 9-9.5)
  • XL (Men’s 9-10.5 / Women’s 10-11.5)

ActionHeat 5V Cotton Battery Heated Socks

Between the gloves and the socks, I was most excited about trying the ActionHeat 5V Cotton Battery Heated Socks. Mostly because I wished I had these socks during my Polar Bear Safari in Kaktovik, Alaska. Most of that trip was spent sitting in an open-top boat on the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), watching the bears. It was freezing cold the whole time, and even with my trusty Merill snow boots, my feet because for 8 hours a day, we were on the boat watching the bears. It snowed, it was windy, and there was ice on the seas.

After testing these socks out while wearing my Muck boots in our Tennessess’s pre-Christmas snow, I thought these socks are amazing. I let my feet get good and cold before I turned them on, and within minutes, my feet were toasting warm at the lowest setting. There is no doubt in my mind that these socks would have been epic to have in Kaktovik.

Without turning these socks on, they are on pair with pretty much every pair of hiking socks I own. The beauty of them is that when you stop moving, all you have to do to keep your feet warm is hit a button, and they start to heat up. Keeping your feet warm for the duration of your stop.

The biggest downside to these socks is the battery life. They get about 5 hours of battery life at the lowest setting. That isn’t the greatest for a 7-day backpacking trip in Gates of the Arctic, but the batteries are lightweight, and with a second set and careful use, you could probably keep your feet warm for the whole trip.

Check out ActionHeat’s full range of heated socks here.

Key Features

• Heating elements along the sole
• Touch button temperature control with the option to turn off the light.
• Small battery that is easy to remove and install.
• Easy to see the temperature setting.
  • Red – High
  • White – Medium
  • Blue – Low
• Battery lasts 5+ hours depending on heat setting and power bank use
  • High heat, 150°F: 3+ hours
  • Medium heat, 130°F: 4+ hours
  • Low heat, 100°F: 5+ hours

Technical Specs

• Material: 70% Cotton & 30% Spandex
• Heat Panels: Built-in, ultra-fine carbon fiber heating panels
• Battery: 5V Volt Lithium-Polymer Rechargeable Batteries
• Charger: Dual battery charger for charging both socks at one time
• Sizing
  • S/M (Men’s 5-8.5 / Women’s 6-9.5)
  • L/XL (Men’s 9-12 / Women’s 10-13)
  • XXL (Men’s 12.5+ / Women’s 13.5+)

Would I buy other ActionHeat products?

Hell yes. I’ve asked for a pair of the ActionHeat Rechargeable Battery Heated Indoor/Outdoor Boots for Valentine’s Day. I can’t wait to use them when I’m in my office or lounging on my couch, and my feet are freezing cold, and my contactor laughed at me when I asked about putting in radiant heated floors in my office. He said no because I would air condition the room while heating the floors. He isn’t wrong.

Frequently Asked Questions about ActionHeat

Is Heated Clothing Safe?

For the most part, heated clothing is safe. You should always read the warnings and only use them within their specifications. ActionHeat has designed their heat packs not to overheat but you can burn yourself on the high heat settings. It is not recommended to use their high heat settings for more than 5 minutes at a time.

How long do the ActionHeat Batteries last?

The battery packs last between 2 and 7 hours depending on the clothing item and settings (the engineer in me also says that outside temperature will play some role as well, but I don’t know how much).

Given that most lithium-ion batteries have a lifecycle of 300-500 charges, I’d expect that you will need new battery packs every 2-4 years. As for the clothing, the quality of my socks and gloves seems like they will last for several years.

Are the ActionHeat Batteries interchangeable?

It depends. ActionHeat has four removable different battery types and a selection of built-in batteries. Within the removable batteries, the batteries are interchangeable. Your 5V batteries can be used in any ActionHeat product that takes 5V batteries.

I recommend sticking with one battery type, so you have extra batteries when you aren’t using all your ActionHeat products.